that was henry harteveldt there, president l trust is weak. t there, president and travel industry and is speaking to me a little earlier. to the conflict in ukraine now, and russia's defence ministry says fighting is continuing in soledar in eastern ukraine, despite earlier claims by the head of the russian mercenary group, wagner, that his forces had taken the town. ukraine's president zelensky said in a video address in the past hour that the battle was ongoing. the town is seen as strategically significant as it could be used by russian forces as a place from which to launch a fresh assault on the city of bakhmut, which has been the scene of fierce fighting for weeks. the spokesperson for ukraine's eastern military command says the intensity of battles there can be compared to bloody trench warfare in world war ii. our ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse has this report. distant artillery fire the ukrainian view of the russian charge on soledar. —— the situation depends on who you ask. it's under control as of this morning, according to t